SquirrelMail search.php cross-site scripting
| squirrelmail-search-xss (26941) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
SquirrelMail is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the search.php script. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the 'mailbox' parameter to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, allowing the attacker to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
Platforms Affected:
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.3.9
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.10
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
- SquirrelMail, SquirrelMail 1.4.6-20060409
- SquirrelMail, SquirrelMail 1.4.7[CVS]
- SquirrelMail, SquirrelMail 1.5.1-20060409 prior
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of SquirrelMail (1.4.10a or later), available from the SquirrelMail Web site. See References.
For Mac OS:
Apply Apple Security Update 2007-007, available from the Apple Web site. See References.
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Apple Security Update 2007-007 , About Security Update 2007-007 at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172.
- Apple Web site, Apple security updates at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798.
- SquirrelMail Web site, SquirrelMail - Webmail for Nuts! at http://www.squirrelmail.org/.
- UNSECURED SYSTEMS June 06, 2006, SquirrelMail <=1.5.1 XSS vuln. at http://pridels.blogspot.com/2006/06/squirrelmail-151-xss-vuln.html.
- BID-18700: SquirrelMail Search.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- BID-25159: Apple Mac OS X 2007-007 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-3174: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in search.php in SquirrelMail 1.5.1 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML via the mailbox parameter.
- MDKSA-2006:147: Updated squirrelmail packages fix vulnerabilities
- SA26235: Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-2732: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Jun 06, 2006
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